Fenyang

Fenyang (simplified Chinese: 汾阳市; traditional Chinese: 汾陽市; pinyin: Fényáng Shì), formerly as Fenyang County (汾阳县) before 1996, is a county-level city under the administration of Lüliang prefecture-level city, in Shanxi Province, China.

Map including Fenyang (labeled as 汾陽 FEN-YANG (walled)) (AMS, 1955)

Fenyang 汾阳市
County-level city
Temple of Guan Yu
Fenyang in Lüliang
Fenyang Location in Shanxi
Coordinates: 37°15′42″N 111°46′12″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shanxi
Prefecture-level city	Lüliang
Area [1]
• County-level city	1,175.3 km2 (453.8 sq mi)
• Urban	20.00 km2 (7.72 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• County-level city	446,000
• Density	380/km2 (980/sq mi)
• Urban [1]	121,600
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Fenyang is located in the wide valley of the Fen River, some 20-plus kilometers west of the actual river.

Fenyang was the birthplace of Jia Zhangke, who filmed 1997 Xiao Wu there. Platform is set from the end of the 1970s to the beginning of the 1990s in and around Fenyang. Subsequently, Mountains May Depart features scenes set in Fenyang in 1999 and 2014. Fengyang is also the birthplace of Guo Qinglan (郭庆兰; Guō Qìnglán), the widow of Dwarkanath Kotnis.

Fenyang has a strong reputation within Shanxi for the production of Fenjiu (汾酒; fénjiǔ), a type of Baijiu known for its superior flavor.

Climate

Climate data for Fenyang, elevation 748 m (2,454 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	14.8 (58.6)	21.9 (71.4)	29.7 (85.5)	37.6 (99.7)	38.7 (101.7)	40.2 (104.4)	39.1 (102.4)	36.9 (98.4)	37.6 (99.7)	29.8 (85.6)	24.5 (76.1)	17.8 (64.0)	40.2 (104.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	2.8 (37.0)	7.2 (45.0)	14.7 (58.5)	21.3 (70.3)	27.1 (80.8)	30.6 (87.1)	30.9 (87.6)	29.1 (84.4)	24.4 (75.9)	18.9 (66.0)	11.0 (51.8)	3.9 (39.0)	18.5 (65.3)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−4.5 (23.9)	−0.4 (31.3)	6.8 (44.2)	13.7 (56.7)	19.7 (67.5)	23.4 (74.1)	24.7 (76.5)	22.8 (73.0)	17.4 (63.3)	11.2 (52.2)	3.9 (39.0)	−2.6 (27.3)	11.3 (52.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−10.4 (13.3)	−6.5 (20.3)	−0.4 (31.3)	5.7 (42.3)	11.7 (53.1)	16.1 (61.0)	19.1 (66.4)	17.5 (63.5)	11.6 (52.9)	5.1 (41.2)	−1.7 (28.9)	−7.8 (18.0)	5.0 (41.0)
Record low °C (°F)	−24.7 (−12.5)	−25.0 (−13.0)	−14.3 (6.3)	−7.8 (18.0)	−1.9 (28.6)	5.5 (41.9)	9.8 (49.6)	6.9 (44.4)	−1.8 (28.8)	−8.8 (16.2)	−21.8 (−7.2)	−24.9 (−12.8)	−25.0 (−13.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	3.2 (0.13)	5.2 (0.20)	9.4 (0.37)	25.0 (0.98)	28.6 (1.13)	45.7 (1.80)	93.8 (3.69)	94.7 (3.73)	65.5 (2.58)	32.6 (1.28)	12.3 (0.48)	2.6 (0.10)	418.6 (16.47)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	2.1	2.7	3.5	5.6	6.5	8.9	11.4	10.6	8.6	6.5	3.8	1.5	71.7
Average snowy days	2.9	3.2	2.1	0.4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.8	2.5	12.9
Average relative humidity (%)	51	48	44	44	46	55	69	75	75	68	59	51	57
Mean monthly sunshine hours	151.7	164.6	210.9	240.3	260.7	231.0	216.5	201.4	180.9	184.7	156.2	153.9	2,352.8
Percentage possible sunshine	49	53	56	61	59	53	49	48	49	54	52	52	53
Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] all-time extreme temperature[4]

Transportation

• G20 Qingdao–Yinchuan Expressway
• Taiyuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan Railway^[5]

External links

• Fenyang government website (in Chinese)